Linked upstream bug. Looks like they are hesitant to change to /bin/bash as it will break on BSD, so instead the script should be fixed to run on dash. But this fix works for ubuntu.
** Bug watch added: KDE Bug Tracking System #135997 http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=135997 ** Also affects: kdenetwork (upstream) via http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=135997 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- Problem with kopetex https://launchpad.net/bugs/71665 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs